Surging need for connectivity to enable burgeoning technologies like AI and the smart electricity grid has positioned data centres to be favoured investment assets into the future.

Regional and mid-sized banks in the United States are considered most vulnerable to losses on commercial real estate loans, particularly those tied to that country’s shaky office sector.

Canadian investment returns for 2023 show retail improvement, industrial deceleration and continuing office value decline, as capital loss balances out income growth for a flat total return.